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Border

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Buckinghamshire (made)

Scalloped border of bobbin lace made with cotton with a delicate ground of the round Flemish type. Two interlaced lines of linked ovals outline the lower edge of the scallops and form a curved edge above each of them. The centre of each scallop is filled with three concentric clothwork semi-circles linked by tallies and divided down the centre by a straight line. The linked chains and the central line are outlined by a glossy gimp thread. The mesh ground is slightly unusual for English lace of this date.


Object details

Categories
Lace
Textiles
Object type
Border
Materials and techniques
Cotton bobbin-lace outlined by gimp thread
Cotton Thread
Bobbin Lace Making
Brief description
Scalloped border of cotton bobbin-lace outlined by gimp thread, possibly made in Buckinghamshire, 19th century
Physical description
Scalloped border of bobbin lace made with cotton with a delicate ground of the round Flemish type. Two interlaced lines of linked ovals outline the lower edge of the scallops and form a curved edge above each of them. The centre of each scallop is filled with three concentric clothwork semi-circles linked by tallies and divided down the centre by a straight line. The linked chains and the central line are outlined by a glossy gimp thread. The mesh ground is slightly unusual for English lace of this date.
Dimensions
  • Width: 2.5in
  • Width: 6.4cm
  • Length: 116in
  • Length: 294cm
Credit line
Given by Miss C Southwell
Object history
Registered File number 1986/1648.
Production
The mesh ground is slightly unusual for English lace of this date, a French provenance for the border is possible.
Subjects depicted
Scalloped
Interlacing
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.292-1986

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O287957/border-unknown/
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